My friend, and MAKE contributor, Alden Hart created this unique holiday display for his house, using four TinyG boards controlling a total of 16 CNC axes, to animate 16 Christmas tree balls with LED throwies inside of them. As his business partner, Riley Porter, says on Flickr: “What the hey?” Riley and Alden are the […]
Now that I’m not making Christmas gifts for family and friends, I switched over to decorations for our New Year’s Eve Party tomorrow night. I’m going for the glitz and DIY look, so here’s a variety of things I made after a quick trip to the craft store that didn’t take long to make and […]
Are you having a party to welcome 2011? Excellent! Make some memorable drinks, please. My humble suggestions follow. Sage Rush Cocktail Simple and refreshing. As your guests walk in on New Year’s Eve, take their coat and hand them one of these. Cranberry Pomegranate Sorbet With a Glug of Champagne Anything with a glug of […]
When making your plans for New Year’s Eve, don’t forget about Barbie. She needs a new dress, too! Or what about this vintage embroidered towel? That might look nice in your kitchen when the party’s started. I created a New Year’s Eve Etsy treasury with a few handmade party finds as well as some of […]
If you ask me, crafters are great at recycling, from using the last scrap of fabric to giving a found object new life. Take a look at some of our favrorite up-crafted posts from this year. Looking forward to seeing what 2011 brings! Check out our Green and Recycle archives for even more posts. Wouldn’t […]
Thrifted sweaters are an endless source of recycle potential for great gifts and accessories. See how to take an old sweater and turn it in to a dreamy eternity scarf in just a few simple steps from Elizabeth Abernathy. [via Whip Up] Have you checked out our Green Projects Contest yet? Some clever, fun projects […]
Melodie and Brenton from Garden Melodies created this incredible gingerbread recreation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater. Fun facts: It took over 12 hours to design It took Brenton and I around 40 hours to build and decorate There are around 164 different pieces of gingerbread It took roughly 12 square feet of gingerbread dough (that’s […]
